MV Mayuree Naree is a Thailand-flagged bulk carrier built in India as Good Princess in 2008. Since 2012 the vessel has been owned and operated by the Thai shipping company Precious Shipping.
On 11 March 2026, the vessel was struck by Iranian projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz, causing a fire and forcing most of the crew to abandon ship.
Mayuree Naree is a double-hulled, single-deck, self-trimming bulk carrier built in 2008 by Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam, India as Good Princess to Indian Register of Shipping class. It is designed to transport dry bulk cargo such as grain, coal, and iron ore in five cargo holds with a total capacity of . For cargo handling, the ship has four cranes.
It has an overall length of and a beam of metres, and fully laden draws of water with a displacement of . Its gross tonnage is 30,193; net tonnage 10,297; and deadweight tonnage 30,193 tonnes.
The ship is propelled by a single fixed-pitch propeller driven by a six-cylinder MAN B&W 6S42MC two-stroke low-speed crosshead diesel engine, with a maximum continuous rating of . Its service speed is .
The ship is one of four Trader-class bulk carriers originally built for Goodearth Maritime of Chennai, India. It was laid down at Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam, India on 18 January 2006, launched on 16 May 2007 as Good Princess, and completed on 23 January 2008.
In 2012, Good Princess was sold to Precious Shipping of Bangkok, renamed Mayuree Naree, and reflagged from India to Thailand.
On 11 March 2026, Mayuree Naree was struck by two projectiles while sailing near the Strait of Hormuz, one of several vessels struck during the Strait of Hormuz crisis. The vessel had departed Khalifa Port in the United Arab Emirates and was en route to Kandla Port in Gujarat, India.
According to the Royal Thai Navy, the attack occurred at about 11:10 a.m. Thailand time shortly after the vessel transited the strait. Two projectiles struck the ship above the waterline, damaging the stern and the engine room and causing a fire on board.
All 23 crew members aboard the vessel were Thai nationals. Twenty crew members abandoned ship in liferafts and were rescued by the Royal Navy of Oman, who brought them ashore at Khasab, Oman. Three crew members were reported missing and believed to be trapped in the engine room following the explosions.
The vessel was sailing in ballast at the time of the attack, meaning it was not carrying cargo. The ship was reported to have sustained the heaviest damage among several vessels targeted in the region that day.
IranâÂÂs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy later claimed responsibility for the attack. Its naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, said in a social media post that the vessel had ignored warnings issued by Iranian forces while passing through the area.
The attack occurred amid escalating conflict in the region and a series of incidents targeting shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints for oil and natural gas transportation.
She drifted ashore near the village of Ramchah on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on 27 March.